WHEREAS, the Wisconsin legislature is in the
process of adding an amendment to the state constitution that would only
recognized marriage by “one man and one woman” and would invalidate “a legal
status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried
individuals,” and

WHEREAS, this change is completely superfluous
because in the history of Wisconsin “a husband and a wife” has never been
interpreted as anything other than “one man and one woman,” and

WHEREAS, the proposed amendment goes too far,
the language “a legal status substantially similar to that of marriage for
unmarried individuals” allows this amendment to invalidate domestic partnerships
and civil unions, and

WHEREAS, the proposed amendment unnecessarily,
yet inherently, sends the message that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and
queer (LGBTQ) individuals and families are second-class, and not worthy of
recognition and the same protections and benefits afforded to heterosexual
families, and

WHEREAS, the proposed amendment, will directly
affect the LGBTQ members of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse community by
increasing cultural hostility and

WHEREAS, the proposed constitutional amendment
would eliminate the current domestic partnership benefits currently received by
many students, faculty, and staff, and

WHEREAS, Wisconsin was the first state to
outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation in 1982, and

WHEREAS, student representatives from across
the state have opposed this proposed constitutional amendment through United
Council of UW Students,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that UW-L Student
Association recognizes that the proposed constitutional amendment to ban
marriage for same-sex couples, domestic partnership, and civil unions affects
their constituents adversely,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that UW-L Student
Association opposes the proposed constitutional amendment,

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, upon passage, UW-L Student Association
sends this resolution to Chancellor, Faculty Senate, and your state
representative and senator.